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He is referring to Reliance NetConnect Broadband+: http://www.rcom.co.in/Rcom/personal/internet/wireless_internet.html#tariffP

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Jagbir Singh, President & Group CTO, Reliance Communications - spoke to "Voice&Data" about the broadband issue plaguing the industry, RComm's 3G plans, MNP readiness, etc. Excerpts: According to recent reports, customers in emerging countries pay more for broadband access. Will Indian operators bring down the tariff? Which are the factors that will influence a price revision in the near future? The broadband and Internet penetrations in India are amongst the lowest in the world. This probably is the only service (internet access) for which the ARPU's have gone up as per the TRAI numbers. It is driven more from the fact that the usage per subscriber has gone up rather than the rates. Looking at the fact that all the operators who have won 3G spectrum have paid huge sums of money, the likelihood of tariffs going low sharply in near future for the broadband access is very minimal, however the volume permitted within the same tariffs would probably go up (which is equivalent of tariff going down if we see the cost of accessing per MB data). The other major factor that would impact the tariffs would be the penetration level of 3G handset and the type of handset being used in the market. In 3G network the network capacity is determined not only by what is deployed by the operator but also by the kind of service that is being used by the customers and the type of handset they are using. These are market driven factors from an Indian standpoint as there is no concept of handset bundling in India. Indian society scale of prospective subscriber base is unique as much as Indian Subscriber Purchasing power (PP) and affordability. Indian consumer interest for access to Internet for different applications at high speeds i.e. BB is going to be entirely different. There is another interesting change likely to happen going forward. The current pattern of tariffing where we have variable rate on voice and flat rate on data (mainly on fixed network) would soon move into a flat regime on voice and a variable rate on data . This would be a truly revolutionary change that India market is likely to see with the mobile data becoming big. Currently,debate is on selecting technologies such as TD-LTE and WiMax for BWA launches. Which is the best technology for India considering the current market conditions? If we see WiMaX and TD-LTE from the technological superiority perspective, they might be of similar levels with both camps claiming pros & cons over the other. However, the fact remains that the LTE maturity could be faster than expected as it is being supported by all 2G, 3G telecom operators & large equipment suppliers. Clearly TD- LTE stands apart in terms of the choice of technology, there is a lot of traction of TD LTE in China and in Japan and if India and China adopt this as the technology the worldwide volumes are then a foregone conclusion. Also since it is a logical extension of the current 3G technology with a fall back option on to the deployed 3G / GSM network , it makes the subscriber experience that much more seamless. In our view ,HSPA+ would have much better chance of adoption by Indian Telcos. Wireless high speed Data Services are likely to flourish only if a range of BWA Devices are available in the market at most affordable price levels for prospective price sensitive Indian Consumers . I feel, TD-LTE shall prevail and, we might see, for the first time India being one of the early adaptors of a new technology. Customers are complaining about poor broadband speeds. How can operators tackle such issues? Factors like Subscriber Density per Sq. Km , Concrete Density per Sq .Km, Back Haul Bandwidth per KM, International Internet Bandwidth availability ,Spectrum holding by Telcos ,Local Hosting of Popular WEB Portals and Social NW sites and Regulatory norms like Contention /Over Subscription ratio determine the level of speeds at which subscribers can access the services . With 3G spectrum available and on top of that TD LTE available for the very high volume/speed customers the access side (the wireless portion) could be well taken care off. The factor such as Internet bandwidth should also not be a major issue for players like Reliance , Tata and Bharti who have large bandwidth on international sea cable routes. The biggest challenge would be the back haul domestically. This would mean a lot of fiberisation and the cost needs to be justified. While Reliance has the advantage of huge domestic fiber network not all operators are as comfortably placed. Potential Indian BB Subscribers would experience better speed based services as the Telcos are taking cognizance of our deployment scenario, market demand, and subscriber applications interest, and are set to evolve different quality of service (QoS) and quality of experience (QoE) packages. What are the 3G plans of Reliance Communications? Reliance communications has always been a innovative services & pioneering role based player with focus on wireless data service delivery through CDMA 1X and CDMA high speed Net connect+ services. Reliance is committed for rolling out HSPA based 3G services with impact creating applications and service delivery and thus would continue to be a pioneer even in 3G. Customers believe they pay more money since all operators including Reliance Communications make false claims through bills. How Reliance Communications is going to tackle this issue? Telecom services are being delivered at the lower tariff levels compared to anywhere else in the world currency i.e - one paise. At these levels of tariffs, is it physically possible for any operator to tweak billings to make false claims? Indian subscribers are the most benefited segment due to intense competition in market place. The area where the people feel being duped is for services they do not use, which are mostly in value added services domain. With the kind of TRAI policy of having to have a confirmed consent before activating any VAS services and a very easy to deactivate methodology as a mandate, this has been controlled to a very large extent and we would see the customer perception on this changing very fast. Operators believe in adding subscribers by selling free SIM cards. The subscriber base both mobile and broadband reported by operators are not correct. Will this model sustain? Indian telecom industry is witnessing hyper-competition with around 12 -13 players eyeing for the customer market share in every circle. The consumer dynamics is also fast changing as he is customizing his calling needs basis the products available in the market. With talk time, VAS and other freebies bundled along with the SIM, the cost of the SIM becomes virtually zero. The signs of consolidation are already beginning to see in the market and in not so very distant future we shall see the a highly competitive market , but the number of players would be more established once and with no motivation to just show numbers , but show business performance. Secondly with the subscriber linked spectrum criteria off the table, the other motivation is also not applicable any more. The situation shall rapidly move towards a more transparent and effective number management regime which are more factual. What will be the future on MNP in Indian telecom industry? Is Reliance Communications ready to start MNP? MNP implementation in Indian telecom industry is long awaited and would benefit the customers immensely . These customers who have been tied up with a particular operator will now have the freedom to choose their service providers of which RCOM is amongst the top operator of choice given the network superiority and other product superiority. RCOM is committed for the launch of MNP services in India as per Government Mandate

see post #233/234 in this topic.

Did you try it and worked for you? I keep getting "System Error" when I tried couple of times.

Oh I forgot to add that you need to clear cache or hard refresh (Ctrl + F5) to see the updated font size.

Note: For those who edit post using Quick Edit and don't see the symbol - it won't process the javascript because the code is in the header of the page and so the page needs to be refreshed.

It should work for CleanCut theme now as I have added the code now. Don't forget to clear cache or hard refresh (Ctrl + F5) The default size is smaller and suits with the rest of the text size, however the middle horizontal line becomes too small to be noticeable, hence I had increased it to make it clear. I have decreased the size by 1 pixel now which should be fine. Rs. 1000 Rs.2000 Rs 3000

BTW, thanks to the WebRupee team for their quick support; I was able to make the font size a bit bigger so that it would display the symbol clearly. I got a response from them to my email question within 30 minutes flat! Thanks again for providing the Web API service.

@sougatadc: Can you type just the R s character (without space) in the reply (nothing else) using the "Fast Reply" option for a test?

here we go... Rs. !!! If you do not see the symbol above then make sure that you clear your browser cache or Hard Refresh (normally Ctrl + F5) To type the symbol, just type R s. (without the space between R and s)

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He meant EVDO

Good point, hence the following topic was created to move forward:

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